Effects of lead and cadmium on brain endothelial cell survival, monolayer permeability, and crucial oxidative stress markers in an in vitro model of the blood-brain barrier

Toxics

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 258-275

  Tobwala, Shakila ^a   Wang, Hsiu Jen ^a   Carey, Joshua Warren ^a   Banks, William A ^b   Ercal, Nuran ^a  

^a MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Cadmium; Lead; Neurotoxicty; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911994694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23056304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/toxics2020258     Document Type: Article

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